L'As De Falafel

Cuisine: Middle Eastern

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The "Jewish quarter" of Paris may not be what it once was since Goldenberg, the city's most famous kosher restaurant, has made way for – yet another – posh boutique.
On the other hand: even at... Read More

The "Jewish quarter" of Paris may not be what it once was since Goldenberg, the city's most famous kosher restaurant, has made way for – yet another – posh boutique.
On the other hand: even at the time when Goldenberg was still around – the restaurant closed in 2007 – the longer queues could already be sighted on the other side of the street, in front of the door on 34 Rue des Rosiers, and the As du Falafel was already well on its way to becoming a culinary institution in its own right.
Even many of the restaurant's regular customers may be surprised to hear that the As is actually a proper sit-down restaurant: because most of these customer never get further than the window where stressed-out employees prepare and sell the Falafel sandwiches – deep-fried balls of chickpeas, served with tahini and pickled vegetables – that have given the restaurant its name.